On April 11, Beijing time, the Badminton Asian Championships entered the third day of competition, and the Chinese Army went all out today to hit the quarterfinals of the Asian Championships after achieving a brilliant record of 16 wins and 4 losses yesterday. In the just-concluded match, the national feather achieved a record of two wins and one loss, among which Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi, who shouldered the responsibility of qualifying for the Olympic men's doubles, lived up to expectations, defeating the Korean pair Kim Rongyi/Wang Can 2-0 and reached the quarterfinals, while the other pair of men's doubles pairs with high hopes He Jiting Ren Xiangyu retired after losing the first game at 11-21. In the women's singles field, Chen Yufei swept 2-0 to advance.
He Jiting Ren Xiangyu lost the first game 11-21, and regrettably retired from the game due to a recurrence of his back injury
World No. 14 Ho Ji Ting Ren Xiangyu won the first game easily 2-0 and faced Malaysia's Goh Shi Zu/Izuudin in the 1/8 finals, who yesterday knocked out the world champion and world No. 2 South Korean pair Seo Seung Jae Kang Min Hyuk and became the biggest dark horse on the first day.
As Malaysia's former second men's doubles, since they partnered in 2016, they split in January 2023, and regrouped in May 2023.
In the first game, Wu Shizu/Izudin was in a hot state, using a strong attack to score continuously, while on the other hand, He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu made mistakes again and again, falling behind 4-12, although the score once chased to 7-13, but still could not stop the opponent's strength, 11-21 regrettably.
At this time, Ren Xiangyu's back injury recurred, and the two chose to retire, which is also the second player in the Chinese Army to choose to retire after Weng Hongyang in this Asian Championships.
Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi lived up to expectations, scoring six points in a row at the end of the game and winning 2-0 to advance
World No. 8 Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi, this Asian Championships shoulders the heavy responsibility of impacting the Olympic qualification, although the biggest opponent in the first round Fikri Maulana was upset, but still unable to ensure that he can get the Olympic qualification, after all, Chinese Taipei star Olympic champion Li Yang Wang Qilin has been eyeing the tiger. As long as Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi can advance to the semi-finals, they can ensure the qualification for the Olympic Games, so as to ensure that the national feather will qualify for the full quota.
In the first game, the two pairs played very closely, and the score also rose alternately, from 5 to 14 draws, and at the end of the game, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi continued to sneak attack the opponent's backcourt and succeeded, 21-16 in the next game.
In the second game, Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi, whose speed declined seriously, obviously couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm, 5-11 behind, after exchanging venues, although the score once chased to 15-16, but then the opponent played a wave of 4-1 small shockwave, 20-16 took the lead to get the game point, at the critical moment, Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi scored six points in a row, 22-20 reversal victory, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
The next round will usher in a direct showdown with Olympic champions Li Yang and Wang Qilin, and whether they can advance is left to tomorrow.
In the women's singles, Chen Yufei easily defeated Shen Youzhen 21-9, 21-12 and advanced to the quarterfinals.